Weekend reading - sports cars and manhood, hot dog salesmen causing trouble, killer fungi and Nigerian oil thieves

I’m away next week in sunny, warm Iceland, so back to normal on Monday 13th

First up though an admission - investors are strange creatures. As regulars will know I’m fairly bearish but the markets are not. As I write this the S&P 500 is in a buoyant mood and trading at 4179. I think 3400 to 3500 is a more sensible level but who cares what I think !!

Corporate earnings are also decelerating as predicted and US equities are start…